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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My MB is a nice woman and a wonderful mother but she is a terrible MB.  She is never direct and will hint at something she wants me to do so I have to guess/ask her.  She works to the letter of our agreement with not even a small kindnesses shown (eg It isn't required of her to ask "How are you?" so she doesn't).  She never give compliments or recognition and she never says "thank you" when I do her a favor (like come in early, work sick, stay late, work for free...)  Can only assume she is happy with me as I got everything I asked for at my annual review and she said nothing when I asked what I could be doing differently or improve upon.

She is a supervisor of a small team in her job and she has lost every single one of them over the last year!

But I love my charge and I love being a nanny so I'm not going anywhere.  [/quote]

She is doing everything EXACTLY as requested by DCUM. The parroted response here is always never share any personal information about your life, what you did last night, what you plan to do tonight, vacation plans, etc. Come when you are supposed to and be in your car by the time your scheduled time ends, no chit chat.

Your MB sounds like DCUM nannies dream boss.[/quote]

There is a vast difference between not being asked about your personal life and not being asked "How are you?".  The absence in PP's case of hearing a simply "thank you" for when the nanny does the MB a favor speaks volumes about the MB.  No one, in any line of work, would ever say that was a good thing.

And no one wants to play a guessing game with what their employers wants.

You are just being silly, PP.  [/quote]

Umm... hun, if you don't want to or plan to share any information about your life then why do you want to be asked? If I ask someone "How are you?" 25 days in a row and all they ever say is "Good." then I will stop asking. That is a response a child gives that we scold them to elaborate on, when an adult acts like a child I avoid them. Sounds like your MB is the same way.

And again in other professions MB sounds typical. If your boss at McDonalds switches your shift and asks you to come in early or work 4 extra hours I highly doubt he comes to you thanking you profusely. Your payment for those hours worked are thanks enough.

You can't have it both ways.[/quote]

NP here and your post is total crap.

I have never once had a boss or supervisor who didn't say "thank you" when I went above and beyond in my career.  Of course I would extend the same professionalism to our nanny.  Management 101.

"How are you?" is common courtesy.  Which clearly you do not have.

Like PP, I think you are being ridiculous and purposely obtuse. [/quote]

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